this is it
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.46 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
Used to acknowledge the limits of something.
Example Sentences
- "Yesterday, when I heard that General Prats had resigned as Commander-in-Chief, I thought to myself, This is it. The Fascists have finally driven him out."
- "This is it: the moment of truth. This is when the preparation and work of all contributors is finally put to the test."
- "In this cinematic epiphany Bridges has gone from panic and fear of crashing (“He can't steer, we're going down”) to a shock-induced realization of his own mortality (“This is it, the moment of your death”) to realizing the possibility of something like life after death ("I am not afraid, I have no fear")."
- "Remember, the key here is that you know that this is it, the last copy; there will be no more chances to revise, no typist to complete this onerous task."
- "It makes me want to have more of an influence on the world while I'm here because this is it. This is my only shot."
- "“So,” completely resigned to a dreary world, “this is it? There is nothing to look forward to? We get just one life? It hardly seems worth it, doesn't it?”"